Hahnodon

Hahnodon is an extinct mammal of the Lower Cretaceous. It was a relatively early member of the also extinct order of Multituberculata. It lived in Morocco during 'the age of the dinosaurs'.
(For the techincally minded, suborder "Plagiaulacida", family Hahnodontidae. It's the only known genus within the family.)

Genus: Hahnodon Sigogneau-Russell D, 1991
'Hahn's tooth'
Family: Hahnodontidae Sigogneau-Russell D, 1991

Species: Hahnodon taqueti Sigogneau-Russell D, 1991
Country: Morocco
Age: ?Berriasian, Lower Cretaceous
Remarks: Known from a single lower molar.
Reference: Sigogneau-Russell (1991), First evidence of Multituberculata (Mammalia) in the Mesozoic of Africa. Neues Jahrb Geol Paläontol, Monatshefte, p.119-125.

Page reference: Kielan-Jaworowska Z & Hurum JH (2001), Phylogeny and Systematics of multituberculate mammals. Paleontology 44, p.389-429.

(This information has been derived from [1] MESOZOIC MAMMALS; Basal Multituberculata, an internet directory. As that's my webpage, there are no issues of copyright. )

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